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Teardown Tuesday. What’s inside a 1980’s vintage Microtek MICE-16 8086 in-circuit emulator that Dave scored for 99 cents on ebay? http://www.microtekintl.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8255 Forum Topic HERE Photos HERE Podcast: Download

NOTE: Something is wrong with eevblog.org, so I am unable to upload the podcast file at present. Teardown Tuesday. What’s inside an EDMI Atlas Mk10A Smart Meter? Datasheets: EDMI Mk10 Datasheet EDMI Mk10 Reference Manual VAC4626 Current Transformer MSP430FG4618 TNY268 SP3238E Abletronics Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Mailbag continued. Soldering a 0.4mm QFN chipscale SMD package onto a Schmart Board using 0.3mm JBC and Hakko tips. Also a demonstration of drag soldering with a chisel point tip. Schmart board Green Arrays Multi-Processor Chip Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Pomona Precision Probes Mike’s Proto PCB Vincent Himpe’s website Mastering Surface Mount Technology Book Panasonic TV Schematic Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Chris Gammell posted this video:

Teardown and calibration checking of a Keithley 480 Picoammeter Dave got from ebay. This was supposed to be a repair and troubleshooting as well, but Murphy had other ideas. Keithley 480 User & Service Manual Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

A followup to the previous attempted repair video, clearing up a few things and removing the ASIC chip. Part 1 HERE Part 2 HERE Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

Just a very quick impromptu followup on the new Korad KA3005P PSU. Taking a look at the boards in the new designed unit. Charles’s testing of the new supply is HERE Forum Topic is HERE Podcast: Download

Not a formal calibration check, but playing around in the TrioSmartCal lab testing the accuracy of the Fluke 59 (Raytek MT6) Mini IR Thermometer using an Extech IRC350 (CEM BX-350) IR Calibrator. Also playing with the Flir E60 IR Camera and Extech IR200 human body IR thermometer Trio Smart Cal …

A mini review and some playing around with the Flir E60 IR Thermal Camera Podcast: Download

Dave brings out the big guns in this attempt. Can a $12K Flir E60 IR Thermal Camera find the fault? Once again, a “real-time” attempt to find the short on the Lecroy mainboards 3.3V rail. Part 1 is HERE Flir Cameras ULIRVision IR Camera Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

An epic 4.5 Hours of Dave answering questions for the 400th Episode Live Show! (Sorry, the chat capture seems to have frozen several times) Podcast: Download

Teardown Tuesday. What’s inside the GoPro Hero 2 action camera? Ambarella A5S: Forum Topic HERE Podcast: Download

The 640×360 podcast feed is now available as a Bit Torrent from BitLove.org For those who prefer to get their files that way. And likely much faster too than the current cheap shared server were my podcast files are hosted. It is also helpful if those who can, use the …

Dave attempts to trace a short “real-time” on the main board of the Lecroy 9384C oscilloscope. Teardown video is HERE Podcast: Download